Lorelei

[Verse 1]

You told me tales of love and glory

Same old sad songs, same old story

The sirens sing no lullaby

And no one knows but Lorelei

[Verse 2]

Castles out of fairytales

Timbers shivered where once there sailed

The lovesick men who caught her eye

And no one knew but Lorelei

[Chorus]

River, river, have mercy

Take me down to the sea

For if I perish on these rocks

My love no more I'll see

[Verse 3]

I've thought of you in far-off places

I've puzzled over lipstick traces

So help me God, I will not cry

And then I think of Lorelei

[Verse 4]

I travel far and wander wide

No photograph of you beside me

Ol' Man River's not so shy

And he remembers Lorelei

[Chorus]

River, river, have mercy

Take me down to the sea

For if I perish on these rocks

My love no more I'll see

[Verse 5]

If I should float upon this stream

And see you in my madman's dream

I'd sink into your troubled eyes

And none would know 'cept Lorelei

[Chorus]

River, river, have mercy

Take me down to the sea

For if I perish on these rocks

My love no more I'll see

[Verse 6]

But if my ship, which sails tomorrow

Should crash against these rocks, my sorrows

I will drown before I die

It's you I'll see, not Lorelei